A simple, efficient, and high yielding one-pot protocol has been developed for the synthesis of 4H-benzo[b]pyrans scaffolds installing a three-component tandem Knoevenagel-cyclocondensation reaction of an aldehyde, malononitrile and dimedone using guanidinium chloride as polyfunctional organocatalyst under solvent-free conditions in high to excellent yields. Various aromatic aldehydes were util...

Ionic liquid 1,3-disulfonic acid imidazolium trifluoroacetate ([Dsim][TFA]) has been exploited as a highly efficient catalyst for the one-pot pseudo five-component reaction of phenylhydrazine (2 eq.) with ethyl acetoacetate (2 eq.) and arylaldehydes (1 eq.) in ethanol (reflux conditions). In this reaction, 4,4′‐(arylmethylene)‐bis(3‐methyl‐1‐phenyl‐1H‐ pyrazol‐5‐ol)s have been obtained in high ...

An efficient and simple one-pot approach for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-one derivatives using antimony trichloride (SbCl3) as a mild catalyst by means of three-component Biginelli reaction between β-keto esters, aldehyde derivatives and urea/thiourea under thermal and solvent-free conditions with excellent yields and short reaction times is reported. This m...

Sulfonic acid functionalized nanoporous silica (SBA-Pr-SO3H) with a pore size of 6 nm catalyzed three component coupling of aromatic aldehydes, urea and ethyl acetoacetate to afford the corresponding dihydropyrimidinones under solvent free condition. This new protocol for Biginelli reaction has important advantages such as green synthesis, short reaction time, easy isolation and high yields of ...

A novel hybrid catalyst based on grafting Cu on furfural imine-functionalized halloysite was designed, characterized and used for promoting synthesis of xanthene derivatives via three- component reaction of benzaldehyde derivatives, dimedone, and β-naphthol in aqueous media and under mild reaction condition. The results established high catalytic activity of the hybrid system, which was superio...

A novel hybrid catalyst based on grafting Cu on furfural imine-functionalized halloysite was designed, characterized and used for promoting synthesis of xanthene derivatives via three- component reaction of benzaldehyde derivatives, dimedone, and β-naphthol in aqueous media and under mild reaction condition. The results established high catalytic activity of the hybrid system, which was superio...

Sulfonic acid functionalized SBA-15 (SBA-Pr-SO3H) as a new nanoporous acid catalyst was used in the one-pot synthesis of polyhydroquinolines derivatives via the Hantzsch four component condensation reaction of aldehydes, b-ketoesters, dimedone and ammonium acetate under solvent free conditions with short reaction time in excellent yields. SBA-P...

A convenient synthetic route for the synthesis of biologically active functionalized piperidines usingZn(OAc)2.2H2O as a highly efficient catalyst via five-component reaction of aromatic aldehydes,anilines and β-ketoesters at ambient temperature has studied. Mild reaction conditions, simplicity ofoperation and work-up procedures with no necessity of chromatographic purification steps, theavaila...

An environmentally friendly, one-pot, three-component synthesis of 8,10-dimethyl-12-aryl-12H-naphtho[1′,2′:5,6]pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine-9,11-diones was achieved via coupling aromatic of aldehydes, β-naphthol and 6-amino-1,3-dimethyl uracil in the presence of formic acid as a catalyst under solvent-free conditions at 90 °C. This method has several advantages, such as efficiency, good yield, short...

In this work, the efficiency, generality and applicability of new Bronsted acidic ionic liquid (BAIL) 1-methyl-3-(2-(sulfooxy)ethyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride {[Msei]Cl} as heterogeneous and green catalyst for organic transformations are studied. Herein, the following one-pot multi-component reactions in the presence of [Msei]Cl are investigated: (i) the synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives fr...